SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

In the face of global warming, some dung beetles may already have a survival strategy. As temperatures rise, temperate rainbow scarabs bury their dung deeper, keeping developing young inside dung cool enough to survive, ecologist Kimberly Sheldon reported January 6...

The female pelvis may become too narrow for vaginal childbirth, meaning that caesareans could become the only option for...

You can tell a lot about a material based on the type of light you shine at...

Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a potentially toxic “forever chemical”, has more than tripled in the global environment in two decades...

For the first time, scientists have created a comprehensive global dataset revealing how the world's glaciers speed up and slow down with the seasons. Published in Science in November 2025, this groundbreaking study analyzed over 36 million satellite image...

The world is looking for more clean water. Intense storms and warmer weather have worsened droughts and reduced the amount of clean water underground and in rivers and lakes on the surface.Under pressure to provide...

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This is Part 1 in a series on the age of the universe. When I say that the universe is 13.77 billion years old, it sounds rather authoritative. And it’s not just...

Fighter pilots in training are having their brainwaves read by AI as they fly in virtual reality to measure...

John Martinis is a hardware guy. He prefers the nitty-gritty of doing physics in the lab over the idealised...